The Actress said in a statement, that her primary love has always been support and that she loves to do any campaign that would facilitate the Indian youth to take up sports.

Deepkia Padukone, the daughter of the well known badminton player Prakash Padukone, was herself a badminton player at the State level, but she later took up acting as her career.

An official spokesperson of the Sports development, which is the board that encourages sports said, that Deepika has been approached by them. He added the board felt that she is the appropriate person for the task as she had a strong linkage with sports.